Pimentel will keep Senate presidency, says Lacson

SENATOR Panfilo Lacson on Sunday dismissed rumors of a coup in the Senate, saying the leadership of Senate President Aquilino Pimentel 3rd remained secure.

Lacson said: “I would know because we are the ones who organized the super majority that backed Pimentel’s bid for the Senate presidency last year.”

“He (Pimentel) will remain as Senate president,” Lacson said.

The lawmaker said talk of a change in the Senate leadership started when some of his colleagues called on Liberal Party (LP) senators to leave the majority bloc and join the minority, because they were not “cooperative.”

Senators Joseph Victor Ejercito and Richard Gordon have called on the LP to draw the line and decide if they would stay with the majority or not.